[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 90148] Don't warn if cachedir isn't specified

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90148

--- Comment #3 from Akira TAGOH <akira at tagoh.org> ---
(In reply to Behdad Esfahbod from comment #2)
> (In reply to Akira TAGOH from comment #1)
> > 
> > I'm not sure what's the purpose of the warning/error for that though, if it
> > is to detect the installation error,
> 
> It might be ok for the system-wide config file.  I suppose the aim is to
> make sure systems set global cachedir, as to prevent every user to have
> their own cache of all the system fonts.  But we should definitely skip the
> warning for custom config files.

Right. but there are no way to know if it is custom or not. hence:

> > is it a good idea to add an API like FcInitLoadConfigFromMemory()
> 
> That API is certainly desirable.

the above and the following suggestion. we can use it internally and move
warnings out of it.

> > FcInitWithMinimalConfig() or so may be more useful perhaps.
> > 
> > Any thought?
> 
> What would go into the minimal config?
> 
> I discussed this in detail in my blog post.  I don't think there's a clear
> line between minimal config and full config.

read it. well, I meant to make it convenient but may be better leave it to
users then. so just reading the config from memory may be good.

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